No cattle market in Meradia ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

The High Court today stayed for three months a decision of Dhaka South City Corporation for setting up a cattle market in Meradia in the capital's Banasree area ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned of the DSCC and the government to explain why the decision for leasing out the Meradia area for cattle market should not be declared illegal.

The HC bench of Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque and Justice Ainun Nahar Siddiqua issued the order and rule following a writ petition challenging legality of the DSCC's lease notification.

Writ petitioner's lawyer Mohammad Khurram Shah Murad told The Daily Star that no cattle market can be established at Meradia following the HC order.

He said the DSCC published a lease notification on April 21 announcing the decision to set up a cattle market in Meradia. Challenging this notification, Shahabuddin Sarker, a resident of Banasree, later filed the writ petition with the HC.

Banasree is a residential area, and if a cattle market is set up in Meradia, it will spread throughout the residential neighbourhood. And this will cause severe suffering for the residents, the lawyer said.